You know what I love? Well thought-out DIY musical ventures, and that is exactly what Midwest Ska Fest 2014 is. Operating in its second year (though formerly known as Summer Ska Fest last year), the festival is an appreciation of independent ska, reggae, 2-tone, and dub bands and artists throughout the Midwest and will be taking place at the Double Door on Saturday, August 23rd. Tickets are on sale here.
This year’s lineup features Chicago bands The Crombies, On Your Marx, Los Vicios de Papa, and Malafacha alongside Ohama’s The Bishops, Milwaukee’s Something to Do, and Northwest Indiana’s Green Room Rockers with special guest Matt Wixson and a DJ set by legendary ska DJ, Chuck Wren. To help commemorate the festival, a Midwest Ska Fest 2014 Sampler has been created to help familiarize potential attendees with the bands’ music. You can find the sampler below.
We’ll be attending Midwest Ska Fest 2014, so you can expect more from these bands full of “hep” cats, hephephephep. Ska puns!